change
Let an agent handle change as a general event concept by what changes, from what to what, how fast and why.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
What changes Subject.
Subject
Thing changing.
Subject
Subject of change.
- What is changing? definition
- Which specific entry fits? action
States
Before and after.
States
States.
- What were the before and after states? definition
- How were they measured? provenance
Dynamics How fast.
Rate
Speed of change.
Rate
Rate.
- How fast is the change? measurement
- Is it accelerating? measurement
Reversibility
Can it be undone.
Reversibility
Reversibility.
- Is the change reversible? boundary
- At what cost? measurement
Causes Why.
Drivers
Causes.
Drivers
Drivers.
- What caused the change? provenance
- How strong is the evidence? provenance
Effects
Consequences.
Effects
Effects.
- What effects follow? definition
- Who is affected? definition
Management Handling change.
Organisational
People and systems.
Organisational
Change management.
- How should the change be planned and communicated? action
- Who approves it? provenance
Senses
Misfiled aliases.
Senses
Other entries.
- Is resuscitation or small change (coins) meant instead? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- noun.event
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.EVT
- Facets: substance
- activity
- Facets: origin
- conceptual
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- readjustment, domestication, habituation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, cardiac resuscitation, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, kiss of life, revival, resurgence, revitalization, revitalisation
What it is Filled
An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another, such as adjustment, habituation, domestication or transformation; the registry also lists unrelated aliases such as resuscitation that belong elsewhere.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle change as a general event concept by what changes, from what to what, how fast and why.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Transition between states
- Gradual or sudden
- Has causes and effects
- Can be measured over time
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Make changes to systems or records without authorization or a record.
- Hide or misrepresent changes.
- Push changes on people without consent where it affects their rights.
Only with a human decision
- Irreversible changes to others' property, systems or lives.
May
- Describe and track changes of state with evidence.
- Report what changed, when and why.
Moral aspects Filled
- Change affects people unequally; those affected should have a voice.
- Undocumented change erodes trust and accountability.
Who is affected
- People affected
- Owners of systems
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; whoever makes a change answers for it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-07298313-n - registry parent class
related
- event - category
- cause - origin
- period - time
- process - broader
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.change
- Open English WordNet: oewn-07311046-n
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Before and after states
- Rates and trends
- Specific changes are separate entries
- Not a single appearance; seen as difference between states over time.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe before and after states
- measure rate of change
- identify causes
- manage change in organisations
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Ignoring baselines
- Unmanaged change in systems
- Registry aliases that belong to other entries
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Change management standards such as ITIL change enablement
Context of use required Filled
- Describing transitions in things, people and systems.
- physical change
- biological change such as habituation or domestication
- social and organisational change
- climate and environmental change
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-07311046-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: change - word senses and usage
Open questions
- How should the generic change entry organise children?
- How should misfiled aliases such as CPR be moved?
- How should rates of change be recorded?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-change/spec.json